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EDITOR,—Peter Millard's review of “Death on Request”1 raises several questions about the illness of Cees Van Werder de Joode and its “management” by euthanasia. From the film it appears that Cees was offered euthanasia as the alternative to a death from motor neurone disease when he would “probably suffocate” and “suffer terribly.” However, palliative care offers an alternative to these extremes, …